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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



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A CHRISTMAS 1'oEM 



Mrs. A. N. Bullens. 




TROY, N. V. 
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Copyright 1S86 by 
Mrs. A. N. Bullens. 



Press of A. E. Chasmar& Co., 
734 Broadway, N. Y. 




tup ^as/ioup^ Data I day: 
)_en +1^ c-ame dov/12 from +leaVeo, 
fL^d \n a marc^ep laN/. 
HfyeD v/ele-om^, v/^Ieome-, Cl^pi^tma^; 

kct all tl]<2- oahioiQ^ << ; m£! 
Pop b^i? deap Infant Je^, 
Va^ kopo ho k>6 °dp ^io^. 



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'(pi/a^ \n t\}e \on$ p>aeb af<w 

V/b^io +le fjr^h eame ho eapbf^; 
V< I all tf^e v/oplsl ^ecja<j> Ch;pi?bmae, 

jfo flopioa^ v7a^ +H^> kiphh?. 
l§o loVed and ar2eiei2t Jada^ 

(l^e biding kle^'d v/epe hoy, 
(§o c-eptaiK I°v/Py ^p^pd? 

(§o h^c fyill-^ide- Uea^ and cold. 

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iq&t p^p^rcb ai/e powew'ei b^em, 

Cl^ s\e<zp tfjelp feap? io^pe^e ; 
lot kpou'mf Up f^aV^ry Vieiorc, 

Kopebold tl]c cppioe^ of epeae^! 
'pi b^poa^ b^e <^bappy ^caV^e, 

<sj;f?<s ^Irafel'j Voice V/ae f^eaPsJ, 
Salmircf b(^ bpoabled ^ePsl^merc, 

^ b^ f\ofy of ^ v/opd- 
jiddii2^ bf^m bo "fear 3 cob," 

Pop unto b^em b^at morn, 
Je^ij, b^ infant gaVioap, 
J|b gebtye^m v/a<* boprc- 



jpod fyo^ of foln'mf anfe\? 
Jinfmf -Glopy to God ira tf^ 

Jleaee on eaptfy, food V/ill 
ho mer2." 
!fe ^v/e^h \Ja<% ttye <?°n$ and etopy, 

J)av/i2ed t^e fir^fc S^piet- 



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jo ^aeped \<? tfye ^top^ 

H^at e'^rc eaet^ little- c^ild, 
Jficfj e apoI^ to ttya ^aVioap, 

in loVirc^ accent? mild, 
fa® sJeapry loVett] c^iUpera 

jNrc^ or2e<2- li^e unto t^em: 
H^i? I r2 Fa r2 h goo of /*\apy, 

Je^aj of gettyl^m. 



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Mnd v/bil» joining in ht^ Jlopy 

POsI tty 2 - Ue<^ir2£<<> of tf^a d^, 

Ham, o^, hypo ho ^eht^Ie^m, 
V/b e Fe hh^e lofaoh \efd^ IgO/ 

I12 +li<? pad 2 - manfep, 

In hh? 2 - a$e<? |on£ a£o, 

felled ho iofaoh ^Iamkep, 

Hy ht^c oxeo'^ Jeohle IoV/. 




Do Uape- of ^jo^ nicj^ic- 

feo announce ^ \J°ndpou<? kiphl], 
Mot bf^ fJ^te^t of God'p an^el? 

jan$ f^ advent or2 bb/e eapt^ 
0o pomp op pc^I ^pleodop — 

Oi2by one ^irairaf ^tap, 
8° n^t tty 2 - o^v/-kopr2 gaVionp 

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Vat a ^inf of p>ov/ep an^ Jloi^y, 

it?e Kircf °f loVe fop all, 
Jfo J^ol^y t^ah <^p-f?epsl and V/i^e meo, 

gcfope +lim f^mkPy fall- 

Qf], l°V« fc tfye po\7eP of «HJ^> (tceptpe ■; 

hi; ^i^^fflom i<= t^eaVenP/ pe^t, 
pRd +le ^oUetf] a ep°\Jn unfading 

go ttya faithful, v/f?o <^jp a^ +li^ Ja^t* 




p2oaff2 kle^in^ be t° C^pi^tma^, 

«3j to +|eaver2 oap jocf^ ta^e fliftyt; 

Sbat ^elp^sl mai^. C^pi^tma^ bpif^t. 
yah jo^yfalPy J^ep C^pi^tma^, 

SbeP 2 - a PC f?eapt? to ef^epi^t? etill ; 
If a mir2op ji/ell^ tf^ eap°I, 

Ram^mbep 'tij +li^ food-v/ill. 




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^&W S^, emcm kep t^e deap Jew, 

_>^ yi^o^ kiptt] v/e e^aoh to-day, 

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pod paV^sl tf^ fold era V/aJy. 
Mod oov/ io ttyz- geaatifal City, 

<pt God'^ pif^t ^arcd 0f2 fyifk 
gel^old +lim iotepeediof, 

Pop +|ij people keoeattl t^C ^^ 



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||i^ <=tap tf^ab |or2<5 ^ioee- 

h ^irciraf ^till o'®p men ; 
yi pD G l tt^e a o^I^ bb?ab <j>iid<5 

to t^e ^ap^PsJ^, 

fin J in +leaVen a^ ^v/^ebPy 
a? Wyzn. 

]M V/f?iIe v/p^ab^inf b^e Cl2Pi^bma<= t]olP/, 
I OI2 k)peatf]e a eilent ppaVep! 

Pop oop akeenb deap 012^ 

pb p<^>t i/itl? Je^ tf^epe. 






ijo fo||ov/ io tt^eip a 12^ I <?te-pp 

If v/e ape- jcj^t ar2sl tpoe; 
G i rati®, F2°C/» C^pi^t-Ii^e, 

poiraf a<* v/e- ^oald do- 
Sf]et2 jo^ ar2sl foil eomplet^e^, 

1 12 t^at ^v/eeb f2om<2- afeoVe- ! 
Pop C^Pi^tma^ fee 11^ in f^eaVera, 

Bin J out etepoal |ov«z-. 




[d tf^at Faip city all ma^ dv/«II, 

V/itf2 b^ loVcd fot2^ kefope-; 
Id an<^I Voie«^> ppai^irc^ Go<r!, 
V/ibb? J&W eVepmope-. 




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